Alasdair Beckett-King

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Alasdair Beckett-King
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Beckett-King at the Utrecht International Comedy Festival 2018
Born (1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 (age 41) [1]
Alma mater York St John University
Occupations
Years active2012–present
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Alasdair James Beckett-King [1] (born 31 March 1984) is a British stand-up comedian, video game writer, and actor from Durham. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [ excessive citations ] He won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2017 and Chortle's Breakthrough Comedian of the Year in 2023.

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Early life

Beckett-King is half Scottish. [8] He attended York St John University and graduated in 2012. [9] [10] He holds an undergraduate degree in Film and Television Production and an MA in Journalism. [11]

Career

Beckett-King was listed among the finalists of So You Think You're Funny in 2013. He was also among the finalists of NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show in 2014. [12]

Beckett-King won the 2017 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. [13]

Beckett-King has appeared on The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith and Unforeseen Incidents . [14] He co-hosts the Loremen podcast with James Shakeshaft [15] and Eleanor & Alasdair Read That with comedian Eleanor Morton. [16]

Beckett-King created the adventure games Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! , released in 2007, and Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, released in 2016. [17] [18] He also wrote the script for the adventure game Unforeseen Incidents , released in 2018. [19]

Since 2019, he publishes comedy sketches, which are written, acted, produced and animated by himself, on his YouTube channel. [20]

In 2022, Beckett-King voiced the character of "The Floater" in Doctor Who: Redacted, produced by BBC Studios. [21] [22] He won the award for Breakthrough Act in the 2023 Chortle Awards. [23]

Beckett-King was an occasional panellist on Mock the Week , the British comic news quiz show, most notably appearing in the show's final ever episode. [24] He is the host of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Wing It!

References

  1. 1 2 Alasdair Beckett-King & James Shakeshaft. "Loremen Podcast". Loremen Podcast (Podcast). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Lights, camera, action". York Press. 17 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "Stream Alasdair Beckett-King stand-up comedy". The Home of Stand-Up Comedy | NextUp Comedy. 23 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Edgar, Robert (2 November 2017). Basics Film-Making 03: Directing Fiction. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781350034631 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Edgar, Robert; Marland, John; Rawle, Steven (27 August 2015). The Language of Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781472575258 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Head, Chris (12 July 2018). A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781350035539 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ @GlenLenSherman (31 March 2020). "@MisterABK Happy birthday Alasdair have a great day.🎂" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Mock the Week S20 E5. Stand-up challenge: Laura Lexx and Alasdair Beckett-King., 11 June 2021, retrieved 10 June 2023
  9. ↑ Edgar, Robert; Marland, John; Richards, James (14 December 2017). Basics Film-Making 02: Screenwriting. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781350034709 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King | London Film School". lfs.org.uk.
  11. ↑ "Interview with comedian and animator Alasdair Beckett-King". Voice Magazine. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Steve Bennett (27 January 2014) "NATYS 2014 Final", Chortle
  13. ↑ "Comedians thank DMU students for making their lives easier". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  14. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett King". Top Secret Comedy Club.
  15. ↑ "About us". The Loremen Podcast. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  16. ↑ Development, PodBean. "Eleanor & Alasdair Read That". readthat.podbean.com. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet". Steam.
  18. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King Community". Youtube.
  19. ↑ "Wot I Think: Unforeseen Incidents". Rock Paper Shotgun. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  20. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King". Youtube.
  21. ↑ "The TARDIS visits BBC Sounds in new spin-off podcast Doctor Who: Redacted". BBC. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  22. ↑ Morris, Lauren (12 April 2022). "Doctor Who: Redacted teases the Doctor being "erased from existence"". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  23. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Chortle Awards 2023 winners announced : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  24. ↑ "Mock the Week S21 E5 (21 Oct 22). The End". YouTube. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.


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